About me

A decade building conversational AI and IoT products. Now I'm pivoting into GenAI and AI agents, and helping drive robotics actuator development — bringing a prototype-fast, ship-it mindset to where hardware and AI meet.

Experience

Technical Expert · Havells Center for Research & Innovation Feb 2023 – Present

Driving sensor intelligence, edge-AI IoT products, and a new robotics actuator program from architecture through field validation.

R&D and Innovation Lead · This IS! Digital Media Group Mar 2021 – Dec 2023

Scaled an innovation team from 1 to 9, set up 3 satelllite labs, and delivered IoT, Robotics, and Conversational AI consulting to 9 German clients — contributing to a $5M revenue pipeline.

Tech Lead · Cognizant Technology Solutions Sep 2016 – Mar 2021

Led 200+ PoCs across Conversational AI, IoT, and AR/VR for 30+ Fortune 500 clients across Europe, US, and Middle East — generating significant revenue impact across 5 years

Hardware Head · Lerema 2015 – 2016

Co-founded the startup and almost raised $250K in grants from a Finland based accelerator

Full-stack Engineer (Freelance) · Independent 2012 – 2015

Developed IoT prototypes and web applications for clients.

Education

BE in Computer Engineering · Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur 2012 – 2015

Diploma in Computer Engineering · Shri Sai Polytechnic, Chandrapur 2010 – 2012

Certifications

(Coursera) IBM Generative AI Engineering - Professional Certifcate (16 Courses)
Design Sprint Master — AJ&Smart (2023)
(Coursera)Innovation Management — University of Illinois
(Coursera) Innovation Management — Rotterdam School of Management